The Collaborative International Dictionary
Governable \Gov"ern*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. gouvernable.]
Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority;
controllable; manageable; obedient.
--Locke.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from govern + -able.
Wiktionary
a. Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule; controllable; manageable; obedient.
WordNet
adj. capable of being controlled [syn: controllable]
Usage examples of "governable".
Although a strong opponent of simony and corruption, with the excitable temper of the south Italian, he was thought by the cardinals, as their social inferior, to be governable and, above all, ame nable to a return to Avignon.
Smarting under the pain of their wounds, and terrified by the shouting of the assailants, they were no longer governable, but without guidance or control ran about in all directions, until at length, impelled by rage and fear, they rushed into a part of the wood not occupied by the Tartars.